how long did it take you to finish your locost. and how much time a week did you spend on it on average.
adam

With mine, I got it half built and it took me a year from there...

6 months of "fannying about"
3 months of getting on with it
3 months of no life but kit car... (10-12 hrs a day Sat and Sun, + 4hrs 3 nights a week)

To be fair though I had LOTS of things to sort out/fix and I was learning how spanners/cars etc worked as I went.

Mark

It took me 18 months start to finish, the biggest problem was sourcing the bits.

4.1/2 years

year and 3/4, 50% completed. the remaining 50% is where things REALLY slow down... so my conservative estimate is 3 years to completion.

23 months, just got SVA retest to do. I have spent about 4 weeks solid representing 2 years of Christmas holidays and a week off this summer, apart from that probably another 70 days of weekends and bank holidays.

I have lost a lot of weekends due to travel for work, gathering bits was on top of this and swallowed a few weekends on trips up down and across the country. I very nearly have enough bits left to build another and will be collecting another chassis when I get back from my next trip to the Middle East, I am not intent on building another on my own immediately but may build it with someone else.

Caber

Knowing, and then going out and actually getting, the required parts takes more time than building. I have given in to higher powers though, and farmed out engine placement, roll bar welding, electrical, and suspension adjustments, to professional people who have done it before. I am proud, but not stupid, and expect all done by next summer (1.5 years from start of a kit). I just had way too much to learn and couldn't do it to my own standards all alone.

6 years, although I packed it away a couple of times because of other commitments. Did the most work in the first six months (about 8 hours/week) and the final year (about 12 hours/week).

I spent a lot of time pondering what to do next as I rarely had the bits to do the next thing that was needed to be done.

It was well worth the effort.

David

From cutting first steel on 6th July 2002 to on the road 3rd January 2006. However, actually finished around 10/10/05, then a month double checking and a month wait for SVA/retest etc. So just over 3 years.

Got young kids, who were very young when I started, but most of the time was thinking about it! Had a rolling chassis in the first two weeks though!

Thinking about a track bec at the mo, but will buy bodywork for that. Shouldn't take more than a week or two

ATB

Simon

About 4 years.

But I fannied (sp?) about and deviated majorly from Chairman Ron's plans.... and that cost me quite a lot of time.

Cheers,
James

3 years and counting

Probably just over a year to sva but i keep changing my mind and changing things so its more like 7 years and counting

Dave..........

5 years and counting... BUT..

I WILL drive it to stoneliegh next year!

Build has been on/off but mostly I have been waiting for funds or parts...

Currently waiting for my inlet manifold so i can finally get it running!

[Edited on 29/11/07 by DaveFJ]

Mine took about 3 years in total.

I spent approx' 6 hours a week on it. Although that increased to maybe 10-15 hours during the last couple of months.

I wasn't held up by parts sourcing as there's always something you can get on with.

It sounds like a long time but it was gone in a flash. I wouldn't believe it took so long if I didn't have the photographs & receipts with the dates on

started beginning of August.

should be finished by end of december, so thats 4 - 5 months.

Built my Viento in about 15 months.
Including a complete engine rebuild, new cam bearings, rebore, new pistons etc etc..
Mostly weekends, but some evenings between 1- 3 hours.
Did a little every day. Even just rubbing down a bracket and primering, ready for the top coat the next night makes a difference.

Little and often WILL get it done quite quickly.

Mega time fannying about and thinking and getting advice (mainly on here) on how to do bits.

Next one could be done is half or three quarters of the time.

The build takes on three stages:

All in BITS

Body on, engine in, and a rolling chassis (It begins to LOOK like a car)

Finishing off, wiring, piping, cables, and trim.
These last bits take an age, as they are all fiddly. lots of items to do and all small jobs.

All good fun and makes it easier for the second attempt at building a car.

As you reach each of the above stages, you get an enthusiasm boost. Its true!

11 months from picking up kit to registration.
Some flack from her indoors but no divorce.

Almost exactly 2 years to the date of picking up the chassis, also a few months before that of taking a sierra to bits etc etc...

That is a kit though - not building it properly!

Seems to have gone really quickly, and can't wait for the next project (full body off restoration of a TR4A)

Chris

how long is a pice of string??

its all up to you
how long it take you to do things in life .

i have been playing around with my car for 5-7 years now as i keep doing other more inportant projects.

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Originally posted by stevec
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15 months using a MK indy kit.

and i had the help of my uncles and cousins very large workshop and every tool i needed in the world so i think if i did it at home it would of taken me 2 years.

About 6 years - 4 years to get the chassis finished, playing around with it at random times and leaving it alone for ages. Also spent a lot of time chasing around for major components, then overhauling them.

After 4 years I decided that it had to either be finished, or got rid of... so I finished it. When I got down to it, I spent several evenings in the garage from Monday to Friday, then Saturday pm and 5 - 6 hours on Sundays.



[Edited on 29/11/07 by David Jenkins]

Five years this Xmas, but that was started in Brazil where I had unbelievable problems sourcing gear. Making a push to finish it sometime next year. Work gets in the way.
Sourcing parts is a common problem, so u8nless you are on a tight budget, use the same manufacturer and get as much as possible from there.
good luck
Tim

9 months and all iv done is got all the bits off donor car and nearly finished chassis

3 years so far, getting close now.
Demolished garage to build extention then bought unstarted Robin Hood series 3 in the pub, put it in next doors garage and worked on it sat and sun mornings only every other week, next door sold plot garage was on now building outside in good weather only.
Stupidly i am planning my next build, probably in a gazzebo....FOOL.

16 months, the longest bits were trying to find parts!

So far two years sourcing bits, refurbising some of them, then learning what to do with them.
Thank God for this forum.
Starting my build in the new year, somewhat later than planned.